A member of an Indigenous North American people; also refers to their language family spoken across a vast area of North America.
From Maliseet and Passamaquoddy 'algoombak,' meaning 'at the place of spearing fish.' The term was used to describe a broader language family and group of peoples. Europeans applied it to many tribes across northeastern North America.
The Algonquin language family is one of the largest Indigenous language groups in North America, and it gave English words like 'moose,' 'toboggan,' 'raccoon,' and 'chipmunk'—so you're speaking Algonquin words every time you use those!
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